THE PRESS, ATHENA, OREGON OCTpm 11930::: .,;:
POWER MEETING
; REVEALS TAHGLE
Deputy ; Attorney- General
Discloses True Status of
Power Filings.
Marshal N. Dana, ' who covered
Governor Norblad's meeting; at Salem
Friday, at which the state reclama
tion committee heard arguments for
and against granting power permits
to the Oregon-California Power, com
pany, for the Oregon Journal, writes
as follows: :
Rarely has Oregon witnessed a
more dramatic spectacle than that
when Liljeqvist, the deputy attorney
general, rose to speak Friday after
noon. The hall was that of the house
of representatives which he accused
of legislating away the .people's
rights in their power rivers. Abbut
the wall hung the portraits fit former
governors, some of whom redeclared
gave their countenance to the spolia
tion of the power rights, the school
lands and other natural resources
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Then the deputy from the attorney
general's office made his major asser
tion. By a law, Oregon gave the gov
ernment Klamath lake. Uncle Sam, in
turn, was to reclaim thousands of
acres from the supply afforded by the
great natural reservoir. But the state
laid a ilmit on itself. The waters of
the lake were not to "be subject to
further appropriation under the laws
of this state but shall be deemed to
have been appropriated by the Unit
ed States." ,:,-.';v ;.
This was the law of 1905. But the
assistant attorney general continued.
He had spent many long days, he
said, poring into tomes of the state's
laws and regulations. : He had gone
t.ttnrniichlv over the Ground. He had
found that the 66,000-acre lake had a
storage capacity increased by a dam
from 200,000 to .400,000 acre feet.
T.inV river, a mile lone, below the
dam, had a fall of 60 feet before it
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aiscnargea into naite cjwuuim. uui.,ui
'. Ewauna flowed the Klamath river
with 700,000 potential horsepower Jn
Oregon and California, 'but all of it
dependent upon the flow from Klam
ath lake.
He found both the government and
the power company had been enthu-
elastic over luamatn lane us vua ui
the world's great natural reservoirs.
He found that beside the language of :
i-i. ionR low mmfoil wna the nrn-
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vision that "No adverse claim to the
use of the water . . . shall be acquir
ed. '. . except . .'i as may formally
be released in writing by an officer of
the United -States ..."
: He denied there had been any such
release. But he found the govern
ment . had paid . $400,000 for the
Klamath control, including the Keno
and Ankeny canals. The Klamath ir
rigation district paid $54,000 for a
paid-up water right for 1799 acres ir7
rigated from the Ankeny canal. There
was a charge for the Keno canal.
Later, when the settlers claimed a
vested right in these canals, the rec
lamation service tried to withdraw
the costs in order "to evade the
charge of breach of trust and the in
validity of the sale."
"There was an unlawful usurpation
of power by the reclamation service
working in conjunction with Copco,"
declared Liljeqvist, who added that
the government had actually "sur
rounded the corporation with the im
munity of a sovereign," having made
the corporation its agent, and exempt
from suit, in the construction of the
dam that- elevated" the waters of
Klamath lake. .
."There was the contract of 1917.
Federal statute had given authority
for the sale of property not needed in
irrigation. A disinterested commit
tee was to appraise the value. On this
committee," said the assistant at
torney general, "was an admitted
stockholder of the California-Oregon
Power company, and one who now re
quests this commission to issue its
permit for the appropriation of the
waters of Klamath river, and an
other suspected of being a stockhold
er and denied, not by him so far as
I know, but by Copco.
"The district was not given time to
through any legal proceedings to
ascertain if it would purchase the
canals. A board of directors of the
district favorable to Copco sent a
straw ballot out, without legal au
thority, without any protection for a
true or accurate account, and asked
an expression of opinion if the dis
trict wished to bond itself for from
$750,000 to $1,000,000 for the pur
chase of the canals and the building
of a plant and transmission lines.
"Before the ballots of this straw
vote were counted the two canals
were sold. They were sold to Copco
for $5000 cash, and balance to be paid
in 10 years. The sale price was
$120,620. By its purchase, Copco ob
tained a monopoly of the Link river
power, not less than 7000 to 8000
horsepower and under the contract
without the necessity of paying a
cent to the state of Oregon. The dis
trict never was ; informed that it
could purchase these canals for $5000
cash and the balance on 10 years'
time. The voters were given to be
lieve that it would require an invest
ment of close to $1,000,000 to do
what the government had originally
promised to do as a part of the pro
ject." i
Judee D. V. Kuykendall, counsel
for the California-Oregon Power
company, rose in protest The dis
cussion, he pleaded, had got off the
subject. The governor admitted that
it was having the effect of turning
the commission into a . judicial tri
bunal, but that it all was new to him
and interested him tremendously.
Liljeqvist continued. He said that
whenl Copco leased the water of Clear
lake from the government in 1924 to
provide a power flow,' it had paid a
rental which should be the rate from
its rights on Klamath river instead of
the pittance the state has been receiv
ing. The government charged and
corporation paid 20 cents an acre
foot. This in a year provided a
revenue of $146,000. Oregon with
with its license fee of a little more
than 2 cents a horsepower year has
received in 10 years $157,000.
He charged that "The reclamation
service has for 13 years now slept in
the same bed with the Copco officials
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German Fascists Would
Save Country From Bol
shevism Starting There
i University of Oregon. The recent
election -in Germany, in which the
fascist party gained control, is a step
toward saving the country from Bol
shevism, rather than plunging it in
to a state of "socialism" as many po
litical writers of this country be
lieves, if was declared here by Burt
Brown Barker,' vice-president of the
University of Oregon, who, with Mrs.
Barker and their daughter, Barbara,
has just returned fom a summer
spent abroad.
Mr. Barker was in Germany just
before the election, and people there,
especially in the southern part of the
country, are taking a keen interest in
national politics. They, were grave
ly concerned about the movement to
ward Bolshevism that is reported to
have its greatest stronghold in Prus
sia, and they look forward toward
some form of fascism to thwart this,
Mr. Barker said, Claims also made
by writers in this country that the
recent election was an expression
favoring-repudiation of war - debts
obligations is also held to be untrue
by Mr. Barker. In all his travels in
Germany he never once heard anyone
state that the obligations should be
thrown over.
Ppnnlo nf fJprmAnv are workine
hard to recover from the war, and
are. making an especially strong Dia
t.a attract, tourists nnd travelers from
other countries.. Those from the
United States are especially favored,
Mr. RurVer said, and Germany is'
actually gaining many travelers who
heretofore spent mucn oi tneir ume
in France or other countries.
While in Euroue. Mr. Barker spent
a great deal of time observing stu
dent life in important higher educa
tional centers, such as Heidelburg
and Paris. Both Germany and France
are realizing Jthe great value that
can accrue as a result of having uni
versities that will draw students
from all the world. The University
of Paris has been granted a large
section of land just outside the old
fortifications of the city, and here it
is encouraging different nations to
orent atnifont houses. . To date nearly
a dozen countries have put up such
edifices. The student centers have al
ready proved very successful. .
Truck Gardner Will Sell
$1,000,000 In Products
H. E. Cully, field representative of
the United States National Bank of
PnrtinnH. recentlv made a trip
through the Pacific Northwest. He
reported in an interview with a Port
land paper that he found an increase
of bank deposits in tne territory ne
trim'tod nnd wfts impressed with the
prosperity he found in the sections of
the country where aiversinea ian
ing is carried on.
Tin PtA t.h case of F. E. Mojon-
nier, truck gardener of Walla Walla.
Mr. Mojonnier, who was manager of
the Walla Walla branch of the Pa
cific Fruit company before he took
up farming, has a 15-acre place from
which he will ship tomatoes, cucum
bers and other vegetables which will
hrinff to Walla Walla this year more
than $1,000,000, he said. .
"This man is responsiDie ior ine
head , lettuce production around Pasco
and furnished the growers mere wim
.11 their nlnntinars." said Mr. Cully.
"In addition to that he is the man
ager of the Pasco association of head
lettuce growers and aoes an we -
ing for them. He sold more than
300 carloads of the green prunes of
iv. mr;un.'EV0iirntr and Walla Wal-
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la districts this year. His holdings
are valued at more than sjuu,uuu
th. h.nir innnoit him nearly $100,-
000 during the current year.
Canadian Grain Moving
The western grain movement from
. 1 in Sontjmhfr 6 over the
Canadian Pacific Railway line totaled
34,943,000 bushels, accoraing to a ie-
i Mar-Kort W Barrett assist-
yviv J.AV" t
ant trade commissioner in Winnipeg.
This Is consiaeraDiy msner umu
the same period in 1929.
RESERVE SYSTEM'S
DIIEISHLYZED
Bankers Find That Increas
ed Payments To Member
Banks Small Inducement.
so far as the Klamath project is con
cerned."
He said that the pending power ap
plication contains two jokers, one of
which would give the utility first
right over settlers to water of
streams flowing into Klamath lake.
He said that waivers in favor of
water for irrigation and domestic
purposes were not worth the paper
written upon since the utility had
itself held these waivers were "of no
effect, not binding upon it and not
enforceable, and therefore, if set
forth in a permit, invalid and void."
Then he turned to the more recent
laws of Oregon. He found that while
there was a provision for taking over
a plant built by a utility, the author
ity to recover use of the water had
been erased. Who, he asked, had
done this and for what purpose?
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Various ' proposals that mash'sr
banks in the Federal Itescrvo System
should participate more largely hi its
net earnings through on Increase In
the dividend rato abovo the present
fixed 6 per cent "would ho a very
small financial inducement" to them,
it is declared in a recent study ot thla
subject by tho Economic Policy Com
mission of the American Bankers As
sociation. This i3 shown, the commis
sion says, by a theoretical foveeast, ci
the basis of the past six years, of ad
ditional earnings that would be dis
bursed to member banks durihpr the
next six years under two ..plans intro
duced in bills before the United States
Senate. .('.
."Tho Fletcher bill provides that
Federal Reserve Bank earnings, after
present 6 per cent dividends to mem
bers and completion of a 100 per cent
surplus, should all be distributed c.3
extra dividends to the stockholder
banks," the report says. "If tha earn
ings of each Federal Resorvo bani
wore distributed among Its own mem
bers 'thero would bo no extra divi
dends in the Boston, Now York, Ph.Ua
adelphia, Cleveland, Chicago and San
Francisco districts during tho ner.t
six years, but the other six Federal
Reserve Banks would pay annual ex
tras at the following rates : Richmond,
6.08 per cent; Atlanta, 4.09. per cent;
St. Louis, 3.50 per cent; Minneapolis,
9.51 per cent; Kansas City, 5.48 per
cent; Dallas, 4.83 per cent.
"If the earnings were pooled and
paid out to all members In all districts
each member would receive an aver
age annual extra dividend of .73 per
cent. Under this plan no franchise
tax as now would be paid by tho Fed
eral Reserve Banks to the Federal
Government.
Another Plan Analyzed
"The Glass bill would provide that,
after present 6 per cent dividends,
one-half the remainder should be paid
to member banks as an extra divi
dend with the residue going to sur
plus and Federal Government as fran
chise tax. Tho average annual-extra 3
to members would be as follows: Bos
ton District, 2.51 per cent; New York,
.48 per cent; Philadelphia, 2.05 per
cent; Cleveland, 2.09 per cent; Rich
mond, 3.26 per cent; Atlanta, 4.67 per
cent; Chicago, 3.20 per cent; St Louis,
2.02 per cent; Minneapolis, 4.75 per
cent; Kansas City, 2.74 per cent; Dal
las, 3.31 per cent; San Francisco, 1.S7
par cent.
" "If theso extra funds were pooled tha
result would be an extra average an
nual dividend of 1.73 per cent for each
member. Under this plan tho system
would still pay aa now an annual fran
chise tax, amounting to $1,941,996 on
the average."
By way of concrete instance, the
report says, a member bank having
capital and surplus of $200,000, there
fore holding Federal Reserve Bank
stock amounting to $6,000 on- which it
is receiving $360 under the present 6
per cent dividend arrangement, would
with the addition of each 1 per cent
to the dividend rate receive an addi
tional lncomo of $60 a year.
"If oach member bank will figure
out for Itself the dollar-and-cents gain
It would enjoy we are confident it
will be agreed that the gains are small
as against the economic disadvantages
which can be pointed out," it con
ludca. .'. ' ii
High School Notes
. Editorial
Glenn McCullough
Ether, as we all know, has a very
distasteful odor. When turned loose
in a small room it is very sickening,
gives many people headaches, and
makes their eyes sting. This is the
practice of some of our students who
think our school is a place to play.
They make it difficult for others to
work. These students secure ether
in biology class and put it in a bot
tle, then they take it in the study
hall and remove the cork from the
bottle. Taking chemicals from the
laboratory is a serious offense in it
self. It may result in causing the
student considerable trouble if found
out. Such a student has no business
in school and should be severely pun
ished. It is no wonder that some
students haven't their lessons if they
spend their time pulling corks out of
ether bottles. It would probably be
good advice for these persons to be
more careful in the future. The stu
dents do not wish their company.
Grades
Ceorpe Pavne and Donald May-
berry were absent from the first
grade the last week. Arden Grey
has returned to school after a short
illness. ,
. The second grade has started on
their first book for this year. Pre
vious to this they have been review
ing the first year book.
Society Newt
The vice-president pf the Girls'
League, Myrtle Campbell, called a
meeting last Thursday afternoon at
3:30. The officers that had been
nnminatfA were voted on. and the
following girls were elected: Georgie
n ' - n f ' y
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Marjorie Montague, Esther Berlin,
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make up the committee appointed to
draw up a constitution. The girls
decided to meet every Tuesday at
3:30.
' Music
The Glee Club is working on the
pieces, "Woodland Calls," by W.
Rhys Herbert, and "Mandalay" , by
Speaks. Much progress is being made.
There are three parts in each piece
and Mrs. Bloom is taking each part
separately in order to get It more
quickly.' '
Mr. Tilley is progressing rapidly
with his band. Lessons are given
each day of the week, and more
pupils are being added to the band
every day.
A majority of the students attend
ed the United States Marine Band
concert at Walla Walla Wednesday.
The band played classical music
which was of much interest to the
people who attended.
Personals
George Pittman hunted the elusive
deer last week east . of Meadow
Creek.
Harold Kirk. Emery Rocrers. Glenn
McCullough, and Jack Moore attend
ed the W. S. C.-U.S . C. game at Pull
man, Saturday.
Garth Pinkerton. Lowell Jenkins
and Goldie Miller were Pendleton
visitors Sunday.
Nvlene Taylor and Betty Lager
spent Saturday in Walla Walla.
Maxine Moore was In Walla walla
Sunday. ' .
Lester Towne motored to Pendleton
Saturday.
, Faculty
Mr. Bloom took a number of the
football squad in his car to Waits
burg Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bloom were in Pen
dleton Saturday.
Mrs. Blatchford's sister, Miss Ruth
Henick, who teaches at Hac Hi, spent
the week-end here.
Sports
Coach Miller has been getting his
boys in condition for the Kennewick
game on October 24. Athena plays
Weston at Athena today.
The football game between Athena
and Waitsburg, last Friday, resulted
in a hard fought battle from start
to finish. Waitsburg finally won by a
score of 12 to 0. The Waitsburg
eleven outweighed the Athena boys
ten to fifteen povnAt per man but
even at that odds the local eleven put
up a game fight and was a continual
threat the-entire game. Waitsburg
made a touchdown in the first three
minutes of play but Athena im
mAHatelv came back and threatened
to make touchdowns twice; the first
time it was threatened by straight
football and the second time, when
Jack Moore intercepted a Waitsburg
pass on Athena's 30 yard line and ran
to Waitsburg's 23 yard line. Al
though Athena was beaten, it ranks
Athena's football team with those of
bigger schools as Waitsburg beat
Pasco and Pasco held Pendleton 0
to 0.
The Athena lineup is as follows:
Shigley, left end; Miller left tackle;
McCUllough, left guard; Wilson, cen
ter; Singer, right guard; Pickett,
right tackle; Huffman, right end;
Moore, quarterback; Rogers, right
half; Crowley, left half; Hansell, fullback.
Dramatics .
Mr. Bloom, the play director, has
chosen the cast for a play to be pre
sented in the high school auditorium
in tho near future. The play is en
titled "The Goose Hangs High," by
Lewis Beach. The following pupils
have been chosen for the cast: Ber
nard Ingals, Stafford Hansell; Eunice
Ingals, Betty Eager; Noel Derby,
Glenn McCullough; Leo Day, Walter
Huffman; Rhoda, Myrtle Campbell;
Julia Murdoch, Marjorie Montague;
Mrs. Bradley, Marjorie Douglas;
Hugh Ingals, Roland Wilson; Roland
Murdoch, Fred Singer; Lois Ingals,
Mildred Hansell; Bradley Ingals,
Emery Rogers; Dagmar Carroll, Ar
leen Myrlck; Elliott Kimberley,
Arthur Crowley; Clem, Garth Pink
erton.
Whale In River
Astoria. -The coast guard stood by
Saturday to aid a large whale which
entered the Columbia river and ran
close to shoals. Should the whale
ground itself the coast guard will
tow it to open sea again. The last
whale to enter the river went aground
and was rescued when it threatened
to tear a log raft to pieces.
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Pleads Guilty (o Sale
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